The hair on the chin of the man who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest beard on a living person broke that record in Canada when it was measured at an astounding 8 feet, 3 inches long.
The record was initially set by Sarwan Singh of Surrey, British Columbia, in 2008 when his beard was 7 feet, 8 inches long. In 2010, when it was measured to be 8 feet, 2.5 inches long, the record was updated.
Singh, who has been developing facial hair since he was 17 years old, recently broke his own record by having a beard that was 8 feet, 3 inches long.
The record holder claimed that his beard represents his Sikh religion.
“This is something that was given as a gift from god. It’s not a personal achievement,” he said. “I’m blessed that I was chosen to be the person with the longest beard. As Sikhs, we all keep the beard and we grow it and comb it and go through the daily routines.”
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
The first edition topped the best-seller list in the United Kingdom by Christmas 1955. The following year the book was launched internationally, and as of the 2022 edition, it is now in its 67th year of publication, published in 100 countries and 23 languages, and maintains over 53,000 records in its database.
